20 Craziest Hats From the 2014 Royal Ascot

The Royal Ascot, a horse race that the Royal Family attends every year, is like most events that are old, British, and formal: It has a pretty strict dress code. But while the rules state that "hats should be worn," and "fascinators are no longer permitted; neither are headpieces which do not have a base covering a sufficient area of the head (4 inches/10cm)," those decrees don't exactly affect the loudness or the taste level of the hats that ladies wear. Some of them are really, really garish and over-the-top—like these ones we've rounded up here. (Seriously, how do people see the horses when stuck behind one of these things?)